Incredible Ed Whitlock

Nice story/ obit here about Ed Whitlock, who died last year at age 86. Read to the bottom to see the amazing times he posted at 5k, half, and marathon distances as a masters runner.

Sir Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Bannister, the first to run a sub-4 mile, has died at 88. Nice article here. Ironically, Sean Ingle's obit appeared in The Guardian the same day as revelations  further undermining British cycling powerhouse Team Sky's claims to be the cleanest on tour and Icarus, the documentary about state-sponsored doping in Russia, would win an Oscar.  Contrasting the "passing of the last gentleman athlete" with the "by any means necessary" morality of contemporary sport is this fine cartoon, also from The Guardian. And for the history-making race in its entirety.